		<!-- left-columns starts -->
		<div id="left-columns" class="grid_8">
		
			<div class="grid_4 alpha">

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar("Left Sidebar") ) : ?>
			
				<div class="sidemenu">	
					<h3>Categories</h3>
					<ul>				
				<?php wp_list_categories('title_li='); ?>	
					</ul>	
				</div>
				
				<div class="sidemenu">
					<h3>Archives</h3>
					<ul>
				<?php wp_get_archives(); ?>			
					</ul>
				</div>
<?php endif; ?>
			
		
			</div>
		
			<div class="grid_4 omega">

<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar("Right Sidebar") ) : ?>
		
								<?php wp_list_bookmarks('title_before=<h3>&title_after=</h3>&category_before=<div class="sidemenu">&category_after=</div>'); ?>
			
				<div class="sidemenu">
				<h3>Meta</h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_register(); ?>

					<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>

					<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer" title="This page validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional">Valid <abbr title="eXtensible HyperText Markup Language">XHTML</abbr></a></li>

					<li><a href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/"><abbr title="XHTML Friends Network">XFN</abbr></a></li>

					<li><a href="http://wordpress.org/" title="Powered by WordPress, state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform.">WordPress</a></li>

					<?php wp_meta(); ?>
</ul>
				</div>

<?php endif; ?>	
			
			</div>	
		
		<!-- end left-columns -->
		</div>